posted by
asato_muraki at 03:38pm on 21/03/2009 under a big ol' bag o crazy
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The WBC to Protest Natasha Richardson's Funeral
I'm so angry, I'm numb. I don't feel anything. It's like that scene from Equilibrium where Christian Bale suddenly goes all calm. I think if I was physically in the presence of these people, I would hurt them. And enjoy it.
I think that means what they're doing is working. I truly believe the real goal of this is to infect others with hatred, and it bothers me that it's working on me. Because I really do hate them to the point I could hurt them right now.
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The WBC to Protest Natasha Richardson's Funeral
I'm so angry, I'm numb. I don't feel anything. It's like that scene from Equilibrium where Christian Bale suddenly goes all calm. I think if I was physically in the presence of these people, I would hurt them. And enjoy it.
I think that means what they're doing is working. I truly believe the real goal of this is to infect others with hatred, and it bothers me that it's working on me. Because I really do hate them to the point I could hurt them right now.
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...y'know? I think you're right.
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It makes me angry that he could make me hate him, even for a minute, because when I hate him, he wins.
(I've had moment and I feel rational again, but it takes so much more effort than just hating him would.)
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I....should never be allowed near Fred Phelps. I have enough of a problem wanting to argue with the people who keep trying to sell us door-to-door Jesus.
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I just don't have words to describe how sad this makes me. It doesn't make me angry, they're not worth that it just makes me weary and sad. I'm sure Liam will deal with it with dignity. I just wish he didn't have to.
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And, I'm still glad we have freedom of speech in this country, even though it means putting up with these... people. I am close to being reasonable about again, I think. I know that, if they manage to get the proper permits that counter-protesters will deal with them. (I'll be surprised if they don't end up getting hurt somehow.) But he gives a bad name to religious folk, and Americans, and even lawyers.
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Nah. They're taking the piss.
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But these guys DO protest funerals of soldiers and such, a lot. They really believe what they say. It really is for real. I wish it wasn't.
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And I'm trying not to giggle at Ms Ledger... ;)
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Makes sense. They're crazies; they're lawyers.
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Oh, man....one more thing to write down for therapy.
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They are 100% real and 1,000,000% crazy.
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*is dumbfounded*
That they choose to go to people's funerals and display their dumbness, ignorance, and hate is yet another level of what-the-fuckedness. It goes beyond my capabilities to even conceive of the hideousness in their heads that they would do such things. How can they think they're good people? (Yes, rhetorical question. There is no answer to that.)
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It IS completely ridiculous, which is good, because now I've come back around to laughing at them. But, yeah. They are this one family of crazies. Most of them are attorneys, too, which makes them really hard to get anything to stick to them legally.
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http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2007/03/the_rapture.html
All of these guys. This is how I see them.
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Uh....
I don't know what translation they're using, but by my reading, they're both taking the verses out of context and pulling stuff out of thin air.
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And yeah, I'll probably do the same...sit down with my NRSV, put things in context, and type it up for my own amusement.
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That, and read lots of books about radical religious groups and cults. Uhm, and Phelps' sermons sound frighteningly similar to a few of the guys I've been studying...
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....except in this case. Well, okay, I guess some would consider my take on Christianity tough to defend.
But I can't wrap my mind around Phelps. I've JUST managed to begin wrapping my mind around polygamy after reading so much about it.
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